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Cease Fire!

Cease Fire! Cease Fire!

Bombing the road to peace negotiations.

Sep 18, 2024 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Kamala Harris speaks during a discussion hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 2024.

Kamala Harris Needs to Meet the Moment and Reframe Our Poisonous Immigration Debate Kamala Harris Needs to Meet the Moment and Reframe Our Poisonous Immigration Debate

The vice president has a chance to break the fever that has gripped US politics by giving a major speech defending Haitian Americans.

Sep 18, 2024 / John Nichols

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state-owned agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting regarding the situation in the Kursk region, in his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, on August 12, 2024.

Putin Has Allowed the West to Cross So Many Lines That He Is Now Under Pressure to Respond Putin Has Allowed the West to Cross So Many Lines That He Is Now Under Pressure to Respond

He’s also boxed himself in by his own language.

Sep 18, 2024 / Anatol Lieven

Frantz Fanon at a press conference in 1959.

Taking Frantz Fanon at His Word Taking Frantz Fanon at His Word

There has been an effort to negate Fanon’s ideas and sever them from the people of Palestine. But in his work, I find the beginning of a credible path towards liberation.

Sep 18, 2024 / StudentNation / Sazi Bongwe

Former general and Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo during his trial.

The Hypocrisies of International Justice The Hypocrisies of International Justice

A recent history revisits the Tokyo trial.

Sep 18, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Colin Jones

Tall trees line a highway with police cars and police officers in the foreground.

Should We Call the Threat to Trump an “Assassination Attempt”? Should We Call the Threat to Trump an “Assassination Attempt”?

The gunman never had him in his line of sight nor fired a shot. Trump ignored Secret Service warnings about security at his golf course. Yet he’s blaming Democrats and raising mon...

Sep 17, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Ryan Wesley Routh

The Futile Search for Political Motives in the Second Trump Assassination Attempt The Futile Search for Political Motives in the Second Trump Assassination Attempt

Both Democrats and Republicans claim Ryan Wesley Routh belongs to the other side. But his beliefs are incoherent—and all too American.

Sep 17, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

A nuclear test on May 25, 1953, at the Nevada Proving Grounds.

The Nuclear Arms Race Is Back and More Terrifying Than Ever The Nuclear Arms Race Is Back and More Terrifying Than Ever

The world is now closer to an actual nuclear conflagration than at any time since the end of the Cold War.

Sep 17, 2024 / Michael T. Klare

Immigrant Pride

Immigrant Pride Immigrant Pride

Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month is celebrated in the United States from September 15 to October 15. The Latino population in the USA is estimated to be around 65 million.

Sep 17, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Former president Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts.

How John Roberts Went Full MAGA How John Roberts Went Full MAGA

A revealing article in The New York Times details how the chief justice put his thumb on the scale for Trump to keep him on the ballot and out of jail.

Sep 17, 2024 / Elie Mystal

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